| | | C. If the adoption under this subsection is final adoption | of a major substantive rule under subchapter II-A | | agency must include in its written statement citation of | | the legislative act authorizing final adoption of that | | rule; or, if authorization is the result of failure of the | | Legislature to act under section 8072, subsection 7, the | | agency must indicate that fact and identify the date the | | agency filed the rule for review under section 8072. |
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| | | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §8053, sub-§3-A, as amended by PL 2003, c. 207, §2, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | 3-A. Copies of proposed rules available upon request. At | | least 20 days prior to a hearing on any proposed rule and at | | least 20 days prior to the comment deadline of any rule without a | | hearing, the agency shall make copies of the proposed rule | | available in writing or, with agreement of the requestor, | | electronically to persons upon request. At least 10 days prior | | to a hearing on any proposed rule, the Department of Agriculture, | | Food and Rural Resources, the Department of Conservation, the | | Department of Environmental Protection and the Department of | | Inland Fisheries and Wildlife shall provide to persons upon | | request a list of the primary sources of information relied on in | | establishing the primary provisions of the proposed rule as | | required in section 8052, subsection 5. |
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| | | This bill requires the Department of Agriculture, Food and | | Rural Resources, the Department of Conservation, the Department | | of Environmental Protection and the Department of Inland | | Fisheries and Wildlife to make available to the public primary | | sources of information that support the primary provisions in | | proposed rules. |
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